Salton memory

Laugharrisment

The best of laughs is on ourselves

So there I am next to the Salton Sea

My road friend on the bed by me

We manage well Platonically

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Its the wee hours I have to go

I do and flush and then you know

I sidle back to bed and oh!

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A trembling phantasm comes

I blanch and wonder what I’ve done

Could I have ever been so dumb

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But I caused no trembling

A 5.6 quake did the thing

How our anxieties take wing!

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Margie and I we traveled on

We laughed, we talked, we joined in song

We sometimes speak of the Salton